9021 ... uh-oh?

July 03, 2008

How do you know if Shannen Doherty's ready to return to "Beverly Hills, 90210"?

Answer: If she's already sparking rumors outside the set.

Sources close to the show told Entertainment Weekly TV columnist Michael Ausiello that Doherty is in talks to star in the CW's update of the iconic prime time soap opera, but she reportedly "wants to know what the story is going to be first."

During her run on the original show, in which she played Brenda Walsh, Doherty was known to raise hell among fellow members of the cast and crew. But the actress grew teary-eyed two years ago when her bad-girl image came up while she was promoting her recent Oxygen reality show.

"I'm not going to lie to you; it hurts a lot to read the stuff I read about myself, and it hurts me, and it hurts my mom a lot," she said.